Comments on: $25 will get you into the Michael Jackson memorial "service" http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/02/25-will-get-you-into-the-michael-jackson-memorial-service/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:51:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chal Pivik http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/02/25-will-get-you-into-the-michael-jackson-memorial-service/#comment-60635 Chal Pivik Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:07:46 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30537#comment-60635 Victoria, it sounds like NYC during the immediate aftermath of 9/11/01. Street vendors with the World Trade Center and FDNY logo on T-shirts, caps, neckties, plush toys, shot glasses and other assorted cheap crap. Victoria, it sounds like NYC during the immediate aftermath of 9/11/01. Street vendors with the World Trade Center and FDNY logo on T-shirts, caps, neckties, plush toys, shot glasses and other assorted cheap crap.

]]> By: Victoria Lane http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/02/25-will-get-you-into-the-michael-jackson-memorial-service/#comment-60633 Victoria Lane Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:58:03 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30537#comment-60633 11,000 tickets will be given away for free. People are already camping out, though. I heard street closures have begun. I'm downtown most of every week and I've already noticed vendors setting themselves up on every corner near the Staples Center selling anything they can stick an image of MJ on. It's a very surreal experience and I expect it will only grow more bizarre as the date grows closer. 11,000 tickets will be given away for free. People are already camping out, though. I heard street closures have begun.

I’m downtown most of every week and I’ve already noticed vendors setting themselves up on every corner near the Staples Center selling anything they can stick an image of MJ on. It’s a very surreal experience and I expect it will only grow more bizarre as the date grows closer.

]]> By: David Markland http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/02/25-will-get-you-into-the-michael-jackson-memorial-service/#comment-60629 David Markland Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:50:16 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30537#comment-60629 above via HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/jackson-kids-hearing-dela_n_225231.html above via HuffPo:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/jackson-kids-hearing-dela_n_225231.html

]]> By: David Markland http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/02/25-will-get-you-into-the-michael-jackson-memorial-service/#comment-60628 David Markland Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:49:42 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30537#comment-60628 I wouldn't rely on Radar to have accurate information. According to "Randy Phillips, chief executive for AEG Live, which owns Staples..." "A Jackson memorial would attract tens of thousands. AEG planned to issue tickets to Staples and provide a simulcast on big screens outside the arena, Phillips said. Entry to Staples would be free, but Phillips was not sure yet how tickets would be distributed." I wouldn’t rely on Radar to have accurate information.

According to "Randy Phillips, chief executive for AEG Live, which owns Staples…"

"A Jackson memorial would attract tens of thousands. AEG planned to issue tickets to Staples and provide a simulcast on big screens outside the arena, Phillips said.

Entry to Staples would be free, but Phillips was not sure yet how tickets would be distributed."

]]> By: Matt Mason http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/02/25-will-get-you-into-the-michael-jackson-memorial-service/#comment-60627 Matt Mason Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:18:26 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30537#comment-60627 I think this will be second only to the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina on my list of Things Inside A Sports Arena That I Never Want To See. The media mob inside and outside the Staples Center, and the area-wide traffic tie-up/helicopter hell, could be a combination of zoo and amusement park not seen since, well, Neverland. I think this will be second only to the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina on my list of Things Inside A Sports Arena That I Never Want To See. The media mob inside and outside the Staples Center, and the area-wide traffic tie-up/helicopter hell, could be a combination of zoo and amusement park not seen since, well, Neverland.

]]> By: Mike Winder http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/02/25-will-get-you-into-the-michael-jackson-memorial-service/#comment-60625 Mike Winder Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:41:27 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30537#comment-60625 At least it wasn't called the "That's all, folks!" tour. At least it wasn’t called the "That’s all, folks!" tour.

]]> By: Annika Barranti http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/02/25-will-get-you-into-the-michael-jackson-memorial-service/#comment-60623 Annika Barranti Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:13:58 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=30537#comment-60623 Oh, I don't know if "classy" really covers it. What's a word that means classier than the classiest class act in classytown? Oh, I don’t know if "classy" really covers it. What’s a word that means classier than the classiest class act in classytown?

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